Software Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York
September 1, 2024
Negative ExperienceNo Offer
Process
Bloated. Multiple rounds of technical and behavioral questions.
Interview with recruiter first.
Then 5 more interviews with technical and management staff.
Heavy focus on academic Computer Science programming and concepts.
Questions
Programming question: Generate all permutations.
Was this helpful?
Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 150 interview experiences for the Meta Software Engineer role in New York, New York.
Success Rate
16%
Pass Rate
Meta's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in New York, New York is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive56%
Neutral26%
Negative18%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Meta's Software Engineer interview process in New York, New York.
Meta Work Experiences
3.0
Competitive work environment
Software Engineer • Former Employee
New York, New York, United States
August 21, 2024
Pros: Provides you with the ability to grow fast as an engineer.
Cons: Often, mistakes are penalized more heavily when looking at promotion cases.
5.0
Miss the internal tools
Software Engineer • Former Employee
New York, New York, United States
February 3, 2023
Pros: - Internal tooling
- Smart, passionate people
Cons: Metrics, metrics, metrics. Everything.
5.0
Top of the Field
Software Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
July 23, 2015
Pros: Great pay, great benefits, interesting work. You get to work with some of the best engineers in the world, and the business is doing incredibly well.
Cons: Work-life balance, while better than most top tech companies and certainly startups, is always a struggle. An unstructured work environment is a challenge to some.
- 3.0Competitive work environmentSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesAugust 21, 2024Pros: Provides you with the ability to grow fast as an engineer.Cons: Often, mistakes are penalized more heavily when looking at promotion cases.
- 5.0Miss the internal toolsSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesFebruary 3, 2023Pros: - Internal tooling - Smart, passionate peopleCons: Metrics, metrics, metrics. Everything.
- 5.0Top of the FieldSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesJuly 23, 2015Pros: Great pay, great benefits, interesting work. You get to work with some of the best engineers in the world, and the business is doing incredibly well.Cons: Work-life balance, while better than most top tech companies and certainly startups, is always a struggle. An unstructured work environment is a challenge to some.
Meta Interview Questions
Explore Interview QuestionsTaro 75Google Interview QuestionsMeta Interview QuestionsAmazon Interview QuestionsApple Interview QuestionsNetflix Interview Questions
Explore Interview ExperiencesOpenAI Interview ExperiencesAnthropic Interview ExperiencesPerplexity Interview ExperiencesWindsurf Interview ExperiencesMistral AI Interview Experiences
